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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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$ o4 Q. I8 f1 F+ d" P8 rBy: Mike McIntyre 7 f& x7 i# n8 L- ?
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT ! h7 C' W4 A# R7 |+ G8 I' S3 ~
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Print Article E-mail Article ShareThisThe seeds for Tim McLean's brutal murder on board a Greyhound bus last week may have been planted when the accused killer, Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba, the Free Press has learned.
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; a% o3 u5 b+ X7 z: _Li, 40, took a seat at the front of the bus beside the woman after getting on board in Brandon. The pair chatted and were even seen smoking cigarettes together during a rest stop.
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As the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.% R3 A8 f% J5 `4 d$ p
' e( B4 U- L, C, o* [It was just moments later that Li allegedly began stabbing McLean repeatedly with a large hunting knife, eventually severing his head, defiling his body and holding police at bay for a couple of hours after passengers scrambled off the bus.! h: J; r& F, W+ T) e
" t8 l0 M+ y3 j9 N, [McLean's family and friends don't believe Li's change-of-seating was a coincidence. And they question why he was charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder, which indicates planning and premeditation.' S# Z; z; R$ Y3 W9 y
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"I have this unbelievably strong feeling that him sitting beside Stacy had something to do with this," McLean's former girlfriend, Alexandra Storey, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview Monday.
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. m5 ]' ~; U4 L& ]+ JTim and Stacy had become friends while working together at various western Canadian fairs through North American Midway Entertainment. They were travelling together to Winnipeg -- although seated separately in different areas of the bus -- and had planned to meet up with a mutual friend in the city before all heading back out to British Columbia.
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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.
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5 G4 m \! b4 O' ZThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.+ i6 s* O$ u! F9 Q- O; b; z' K
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